Molecular Detection of Scrub Typhus Using Nested PCR Analysis in Chennai: A Case Report | Zendy

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Molecular Detection of Scrub Typhus Using Nested PCR Analysis in Chennai: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Seethalakshmi Srinivasan,

Thangam Me,

N. Karunakaran

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of microbiology and infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2146-9369

pISSN - 2146-3158

DOI - 10.5799/jmid.367633

Subject(s) - scrub typhus , orientia tsutsugamushi , diabetic ketoacidosis , ards , nested polymerase chain reaction , zoonosis , medicine , serology , mite , virology , trombiculidae , immunology , antibody , biology , polymerase chain reaction , gene , acari , botany , lung , insulin , ecology , biochemistry

Scrub typhus is a mite-borne rickettsial zoonosis caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. We report a case of scrub typhus with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in an adult diabetic male in Chennai. The diagnosis was made initially by serology and subsequently confirmed by detection of the 56 kDa gene.

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